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iPod Sheets

Published January 4th, 2010 in News Hits | No Comments »

ipodsheetsWith apps galore and basically the capabilities of a lap top computer, Apple’s iPod and iPhone are quickly becoming a mainstay in media and information technology. Although the applications for gaming, photos, social networking and even recipes are amazing in terms of sharing and consuming information, the one function these applications will never reach is that of physical sleep. Yes, there are apps out there that play tones to help you sleep and rest and recharge, but there will never be anything that you could literally curl up into and nap with… Until now.

Check out the iPod Sheets. Although this most likely is not endorsed by Apple at all, the concept is still amazing for the Mac-head. The iPod Sheets come fully equipped with a pillow and lets the Apple enthusiast in your life enjoy their slumber time without leaving the comfort of their iPod.

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Apple’s Tablet To Enhance Digital Reading Experience

Published November 4th, 2009 in News Hits | 1 Comment »

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Apple currently dominates the micro-transaction space for digital media with the App Store and iTunes. Users are currently able to download music, TV and movies with a simple click of a mouse. Apple has also enabled users to take this media with them everywhere they go with the iPod, iPhone and MobileMe. So what’s left for Apple to dominate? Books of course – and why not?

Next year Apple will launch the Apple iPad Tablet and with it, an enhanced version of iTunes that will start to include books and comics. The Apple Tablet will allow readers to simply download, read and store. So what makes the Apple Tablet any different than downloading a e-book today? The Tablet lays flat and can be held like a book. With the touch enabled interface, users will have the ability to flip pages, zoom in and out and experience a sort of hybrid between reading a book and watching a video.

Earlier this year Apple released a motion comic book from Marvel. Although the sales weren’t through the roof, they are setting the stage for a much larger scale release of content when the Tablet is released. Users can then purchase books and comics in the exact same way they currently purchase songs and shows; straight from iTunes.

Publishers can look at this in a couple of different ways. With the cutbacks in print media happening all over the world, this could be seen as a way for publishers to stay afloat. But at the same time, it would mean conforming to the digital era in a sense. These are all simply predictions as to what could happen to print media when the Apple Tablet is released, but one this is for sure, Apple is expanding again.

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iPods Going Visual

Published September 10th, 2009 in News Hits | No Comments »

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Apple usually likes to play things really close to the chest when it comes to news about their latest products, but for the September release they have been quite open about some of the latest iPod technology. According Wired.com, iPod and iPod Nano fans can expect the latest versions of the tiny music player to include cameras and microphones. Inching ever so close to the technology driving the iPhone, iPod users will be able to gather media and upload with the WIFI connection. This may not sound like a big step in terms of what Apple has released in the past, but the ability for iPods to capture media is going to be quite large.

No longer are people handcuffed by the iPhone for capturing video and audio media and at a cost efficient price (not yet released, but one can assume it will be less than an iPhone) Apple enthusiasts should be flocking to the stores for this one quite soon.

In other Apple news, this month should see the release of iTunes 9 which is rumored to include Facebook integration.

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